Fall in love with the technology tree [Three Kingdoms]

Dear visitors, welcome to the National Porcelain Museum.Since the first real porcelain came out at the end of the Han Dynasty, my country's ceramic culture has gone through 2000 years of glory and splendor.

In these 2000 years, countless treasures were born.Some cannot be replicated even in today's technologically advanced world, while others contain a cultural value that exceeds its own value by a thousand times, and can be called national treasures.

In the National Porcelain Museum, there are more than 280 pieces of national treasure-level treasures. In terms of porcelain relics, it is not inferior even compared with the Palace Museum.

Now, please follow my footsteps and start a rich visual journey.

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Next, we will go to the central exhibition hall on the third floor to visit the treasure of the town hall.Yes, what the gentleman said just now is correct, it is the famous kiln anamorphic stone, or Caozi kiln anamorphic stone.

As we all know, although some primitive celadon began to appear in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was Cao Sheng who really pushed the ceramic technology to maturity, scale and artistry.

As early as Cao Sheng's youth, he clearly pointed out the important role of "furnace temperature" in iron smelting, porcelain firing, and sand melting.As a rich and powerful man of the third generation, Cao Sheng recruited a group of craftsmen to make refractory bricks and high-temperature furnaces for him, including craftsman Ai who is known as the "father of porcelain".

Soon, the Cao family's celadon was popular all over the country, accumulating huge wealth for the expansion of the Cao brothers in the future.By the time the historically famous twins came of age, the Cao family had white porcelain and glass of stable quality.

But Cao Sheng was still not satisfied.In 174 A.D., he led the fleet to Jiaozhou to experiment with colored glaze and kiln changes in the largest parrot kiln at that time.It is said that Cao Sheng tested more than 500 pottery clays in Jiaozhou, fired more than [-] round porcelain stones the size of a palm, and finally kept only three, which is really one in a million——

These are the three "Caozi kiln changes" we see now.

Sun, Double Petal, Galaxy, even after 2000 years, their beauty is still a miracle that cannot be replicated.

The obsidian presents warm and bright yellow and red glazes, which are rare even in paring kilns, which are famous for producing colored glazes.What's more rare is that it has a symmetrical concentric circle configuration on both front and back sides, which is like the darling of heaven in the kiln changes produced by God's will.

It is said that when the obsidian comes out of the furnace, its golden light is dazzling, and it suddenly eclipses the other kiln metamorphic stones in the same furnace.Red, orange, orange, and golden complement each other, making this piece of porcelain look like a real sun.It is a pity that Cao Sheng thought its color was too ostentatious, so he never wore it, nor did he give it to Cao Cao.

In this way, the sun stone has been kept in the parrot kiln, and has been worshiped by craftsmen from generation to generation as the treasure of the town kiln.It was not until entering the modern society and the museum industry became mature and stable that the sun stone was donated for tourists to visit.

Later, the small yellow-red colored porcelain produced by Yingyao became a school of its own, and most of them were made by craftsmen of past dynasties to pay tribute to the sun. Among them, the double-color kiln turned into a hundred flowers miniature vase in the late Wei Dynasty is the most outstanding, and it is also a national treasure.Slightly inferior are the red-hoofed eight-horse pot-bellied cup, the fire-burned gourd vine, etc., which have also fetched tens of millions of high prices at auctions in the past two years.

Next, let's talk about the pink and white kiln stone "double petal" on the left hand side of Yaori.Along the way, you should have discovered that ancient powder glazes are rare, and powder glazes produced by kilns are even rarer. Powder glaze kilns like "double-petal stones" with gradual changes in shades and clear textures that stretch out layers like petals are even more rare. Unbelievable, to describe it as once in a thousand years is to underestimate it.

Porcelain kilns using copper ore as glaze have worked hard for more than 500 years, but there is no second pink glaze that forms the pattern of petals.Before the double petal stone was unearthed, there was a time in China that this kiln metamorphic stone was exaggerated in historical data, or it was purely fictitious.It was not until Emperor Huan of the Yan Dynasty devoted all his efforts to the research and development of powder glaze that he obtained a 220-petal powder glaze kiln variable-neck bottle in the official kiln at that time, which eliminated most of the domestic doubts about the authenticity of the double-petal stone. .

Double petals, this pink Caozi kiln with 360 petals, was first preserved in Caoshiwubao on Chenxiang Island.In 189 AD, Cao Ying, the eldest daughter of Cao Yu and Princess Liuhuo, was born in Jiaozhou.The double-petal kiln stone was given to this new member of the Cao family as a gift.

Cao Ying loved this kiln metamorphic stone very much, and made it into necklaces, pendants, and head ornaments. There are three drill holes of different sizes on the "double petal", which were left at that time.After Cao Ying's death, "Double Petal" was buried in the Liuhuo Tomb as a companion, and did not see the sun for more than [-] years.

More than 80 years ago, when Zhanjiang City built Metro Line [-], an ancient tomb of the early Wei Dynasty was excavated.After it was confirmed as Liuhuo Tomb, the central government directly ordered Zhanjiang Metro to stop construction, and the director of the State Administration of Cultural Relics flew to Zhanjiang to direct the rescue excavation in person by helicopter.Fortunately, the "Double Petal Stone" was placed in a thick coffin, and it was not damaged by the subway project like other funerary objects.

Finally, there is the most legendary "Galaxy Stone" we have ever experienced.

If it is said that the sun is the most symbolic, and the double petal is the most difficult craft, then Xinghe has the highest cultural value.

Its dark blue glaze is the hallmark of the parrot kiln.The fine sand at the bottom of the tire reflects a little shimmer under the light, as deep and charming as a starry sky.A touch of fuchsia kiln changes just right into it, forming a nebula-like swirl.The harmony and perfection of the imaging made the "Galaxy Stone" stand out from the crowd of blue kilns, and won Cao Sheng's favor.

This is the only kiln-changing stone that Cao Sheng personally wore in the "Three Changes".From Jiaozhou to Liaodong, from Liaodong to the Central Plains, "Xinghe" witnessed the collapse of the Han Dynasty, and also witnessed the magnificence of Cao's entrepreneurship.

Around 190 A.D., the "Xinghe Stone" was donated to Cao Pi, Cao Cao's third son.Here we have to mention that Cao Zi prodigal.Our national treasures today, in his opinion at the time, were just gadgets that he had burned himself, toys for his nephews and nieces.

Cao Pi probably didn't know the value of the "Galaxy Stone", which led to the later story of "exchanging a stone for acne".

We all know that Liu Xie, the last emperor of the Han Dynasty, died of smallpox.Since Liu Xie died of illness, Cao Sheng has devoted himself to finding a cure for smallpox.He discovered the vaccination method from ancient books, and determined this path with his rich medical experience, but he was frustrated repeatedly on the road to find vaccinia.

Later, once, the young Cao Pi was on his way and stayed overnight at a fellow villager's house.Cao Pi was disobedient when he was a child. We say now that he is a bad boy, and he has brought disaster to the cattle in the villagers' house.The Cao family's family education is strict, and it's not just lip service.Before leaving, he said he would lose money.Compensation for what?Lost a "star river stone".

When Cao Pi left his hometown, he developed small herpes. When he returned to Xu County, he was diagnosed and treated, good guy, cowpox!Originally, the Cao family wanted to recover "Xinghe", but at this time they couldn't take care of it, and were busy promoting vaccinia.When I came back to my senses and wanted to investigate again, the "Xinghe Kiln Transformation" had already been sold by fellow villagers.

Cao Sheng sighed at the time: "Abandoning a stone in exchange for thousands of cowpox is already a bargain. It would be too greedy to think about taking both." So the Cao family gave up on " The investigation of "Galaxy Stone".

It was not until more than 60 years later, during the reign of Emperor Wei Zhang, that "Xinghe" was transferred and dedicated to the royal family of Cao Wei.

"Xinghe Kiln Change", also known as "Pox Immortal Stone", is also derived from this story.According to the folklore, the beauty of the "Galaxy River" moved the fairy pox, who took the initiative to borrow stones from Cao's family with cow pox, and it took 50 years to return them.

But the legendary experience of the "Galaxy Stone" is far from over. In the following thousands of years, it has been stolen and reappeared several times. There are many legends such as "the falling star in the wild has auspicious omen", "holding the stone at night", "Saibei Xingquan" and many other legends are closely related to "Xinghe".Among the owners of the "Galaxy Stone" in the past, there are not only great writers who know the past and present, but also great generals who are invincible, including the well-known...